"Speed, speed, speed, speed, speed.
Used LSD ("acid"), ecstasy ("tablets") or amphetamines ("speeds")?(si) 5 [Consumiste LSD ("ácidos"), ecstasy ("pastilhas") ou anfetaminas ("speeds")] 16.
Users describe effects that suggest its actions are between those of amphetamine (speed) and MDMA (ecstasy); it activates, energises and makes them feel good but is relatively short-lasting.
Having said that, I found a few people who thought they had ecstasy, only to find out it was amphetamine (speed).
According to the British Medical Association, experimental studies suggest high doses of amphetamines increase risk-taking and dangerous driving behaviour - such as speeding.
"Well, I have took a few pills in my life, but who hasn't?" That was how rock'n'rollers kept going: amphetamines to speed them up, opiates to slow them down.
There has also been an increase in the number who have taken cheap amphetamines such as speed, which is now the second most widely used drug (31% had taken it in 2008, 34% in 2014).
Coffee, yes; amphetamines, no.
They danced, and took plenty of drugs, mainly amphetamines ("pills", "leapers", "uppers", "purple hearts"); Barnes reported that the Marquee had a big sign that read "SPEED KILLS".
